Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-10
LITERARY NOTES.

The February Century will contain an
article by George Parsons LathrOpon The
Bailns of jefferson Davis" II presents
for the first time the complete and curious
history OF the influences and occurrences
which led to DavS's liberation and the
abandonment of his prosecution, showing
now extreme abOlItiOniSts like Greeley and
Gerrit Smith cO-operated with eNtremc
democrats in bringing about this result.
The material for this article i mainly de-
lived from the recOllectiOnS and document
ary evidence OF eX-Chief IuStice Shea, OF
the Marine court, who was the attorney OF
record in the Davis case, with Charles
DCnnor as senior counsel. A fac-simile OF
the power OF attorney given Ia George
Shea by Greeley. Gerrit Smith, and Cor
ueliuS Vanderbilt 10 sign the bail-hOnd ac-
companies this paper.
Professor Langley's New Astronomy pa
ner in the forthcoming February Century
treats of The Stars" and the author pays
special attention TO the work of American
astronomers in speCtrOsc0py. The illuStra-
lions include a reproduction of an lnStanta-
neouS photograph OF fash of lightning.
Mrs. Logan contributes to The Chdu-
fruq,tdn for February al article on 'Offi-
tldl klNlitllF az W hShliiLitA AiN -
Mrs. Logan's first contribution TO magazine
literature. The article was on tue press al
the time of General Logan'S death. We
quote the closing paragraph:
Representatives from every part of the
ountry. being called here by congress. and
pther officials connected with our ma
tional government and foreign relations.
i Is natura! that cosmopolitan So
II. And N-AfG
are most persons who have the entire that
you rarely hear of fragrant offences against
puliteness, OF of any complaint of rudeness
from our resident representatives OF foreign
'ourts against the people with whom they
exchange civiIitieS. They have had quite
10 much occasion 10 criticise some of the
members Of their own corps for bad con-
Iuct and bad manners as they have Ameri-
cans Taken altogether. Americans have
10 occasion TO be ashamed of their country
men or women or of the standard of social
Etiquette at the national capital"
Tue life of Rev Geo. c. HaddOck. by his
son, is announced by Funk x Wagualls,
New York. The murder of Haddock is one
# those tragedies which are Landmarks in
history. They result from the violent re-
,istance of the old TO the rev. HaddOCk
was man of ine appearance, big-hearted,
big-brained. not h0t-heated or lmprudent, a
nan of determination, OF courage, highly
esteemed by all who knew him, and Al
eloquent preacher. He was an uncOmpTO-
missing enemy of the saloon power and this
led to his assassination. He was deter
mined that the liquor men in Sioux City,
Iowa, the place nf his residence, should
obey the laws of the state. In this he wa
right: and for this a score or more Of
men entered into a conspiracy 10 murder
him. He WAS waylad on an un'
frequented street and shot dead from be-
mind BY the foreman of the leading brewery
IN the city Ten of the guilty men are now
under arrest; four of the number have con
| feSsed the crime. Thousands of dollars arr
being contributed by the liquor interest OF
the state and elsewhere to defend these
brutal murderers. 1t remains 10 he seen
As to which is the mightier in this nation
today, the law or the saloon. The Life
of Haddock' is being written by the son OF
! the murdered man. Frank c. HaddOck. a
young lawyer who has already achieved
some literary reputation. 1t Is anticipated
that the sale of the book will be large. sutti-
cient to make ample provision for the wife
who was so cruelty and quickly brought with
in the shadow of widOwhoOd by the aSSas-
sins bullet These anticipatiOns should be
realized Every friend of temperance and
of law and order in America should pay to
the martyr of this cause at least the trib-
ute of the purchase of copy of the book.
This seems a little matter, but il can be
made to aggregate sum that will be ample.
And book like this, which inspires hero
ism, should be in every home where boys
and girls are growing 10 manhood and
womanhood. Anyone desiring a copy of
the book is requested to forward his name
to the publishers Funk & Wagnalls, 10 and
IL Dey street, New York. and an agent
will call upon him. The price of the hook
will be 81.